Galician Division of the Waffen SS fought for Ukraine, not Nazi Germany

Preview #1 of an interview with Michael James Melnyk on "The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS. Volume 1: On the Eastern Front, April 1943 to July 1944" Norwich, England, United Kingdom, 27 February 2018.

To understand the Galician division it is imperative to put it into context which is the political activities and administration at the time, during World War Two
0:20 Galicia was occupied by the Poles, Russians, and Germans
0:45 Germans wanted (local Ukrainian) manpower to support their crumbling eastern front. Ukrainians ultimately wanted political recognition
1:15 Negotiation between Germans and Ukrainians
1:29 Circumstances for enlisting varied:
1. Some partisans joined because they wanted to be part of a formal recognized military unit
2. Some joined as a substitute in fear of being drafted as forced labour
3. Some joined because they were ultra-nationalists and that the Division would ultimately serve Ukrainian political ends
2:00 Training and deployment, Battle of Brody

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